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"Births & Deaths"
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AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

August 10th
1981: Natsumi Abe (Japanese singer, actress).
1980: Lydia Salnikova (Russian C&W vocalist; Bering Strait).
1977: Aaron Kamin (guitarist, song writer; The Calling).
1973: Jennifer Hanson (country music singer-songwriter).
1968: Michael Bivins (manager, producer; member of New Edition/Bell Biv Devoe).
1968: Kangol Kid (US rapper; UTFO).
1968: Leigh Marklew (bass; Terrorvision).
1967: Todd Nichols (guitarist; Toad The Wet Sprocket).
1967: Lorraine Pearson (vocals; 5 star).
1967: Mart Sander (Estonian singer, actor, TV host).
1966: Hansi Kürsch (German singer).
1964: Aaron Hall (American R&B singer, songwriter).
1962: Julia Fordham (singer, songwriter).
1961: Jon Farriss (drummer;INXS).
1959: Mark Price (drummer; All About Eve/Del Amitri/Mice).
1950: Patti Austin (US R&B and jazz music singer).
1949: Gene Johnson (US mandolinist, banjo, fiddle, guitar, tenor vocals; Diamond Rio).
1949: Andy Cresswell-Davis (vocals, keyboards, guitar; Korgis).
1947: Ian Anderson (vocals, guitar, flute, acoustic guitar; Leader of Jethro Tull).
1946: Mick Clarke (bassist; Rubettes).
1943: Ronnie Spector/Veronica Yvette Bennett (singer; Ronettes).
1943: Louise Forestier (French-Canadian singer, songwriter, actress).
1943: James Griffin (guitar, vocals, engineer; Bread)*11.Jan.2005
1940: Michael "Tunes" Antunes (sax; John Cafferty&Beaver Brown Band/Eddie&The Cruisers).
1940: Robert Lee "Bobby" Hatfield (Singer; Righteous Brothers)*05.Nov.2003.
1928: Eddie Fisher (US singer, entertainer).
1928: Jimmy Dean (singer, Accordion, Piano, Guitar).
1922: Al Alberts (singer, composer, TV personality; Four Aces/solo).
1909: Leo Fender (inventor of The Telecaster and Stratocaster)*21.March.1991.
1872: Bill Johnson (US jazz bassist, the father of the "slap" style, sessionist)*03.Dec.1972.

August 11th
1985: J-Boog/Jarell Damonte Houston (singer; B2K/solo).
1975 or 1978: Chris "Mack Daddy" Kelly (hip hop, rapper; Kris Kross).
1970: Ali Shaheed Muhammad (rapper, hip hop DJ; A Tribe Called Quest).
1970: Andy Bell (bass; vocals; Ride/ Oasis).
1968: Charlie Sexton (guitarist, singer, songwriter; Charlie Sexton Sextet/Bob Dylan).
1964: Hamish Seelochan (vocals; Pasadenas).
1962: Bragi Ólafsson (bassist; The Sugarcubes).
1960: Paul Gendler (guitar; Modern Romance).
1957: Richard Reinhardt/Richie Beau/Richie Ramone (drum; The Ramones/Velveteen).
1954: Joe Jackson/David Ian Jackson (singer, sax, keyboards, piano; Joe Jackson Band).
1954: Bryan Bassett (guitar, slide guitar, vocals; Wild Cherry/Foghat)?
1950: Erik Braunn (lead guitar; Iron Butterfly)*25.July.2004.
1949: Eric Carmen (singer, keyboard, piano, guitar; Raspberries/solo).
1948: Bill Hurd (keyboards; Rubettes).
1943: Jim Kale (bassist; The Guess Who).
1943: Dennis West Payton (saxophone, keyboards; Dave Clark Five)*17.Dec.2006.
1942: Mike Hugg (UK drummmer, composer; Manfred Mann).
1940: Peter King (English jazz saxophonist, composer, and clarinettist).
1925: Mike Douglas (Singer, TV Host)*11.Aug.2006
1919: Ginette Neveu (French violinist; a violin virtuoso)*28.10.1949
1909: Tau Moe (Hawaiian Steel Guitar; session/guest)*24.June.2004

August 12th
1980: Matt Thiessen (Canadian lead singer, rhythm guitarist, pianist; Relient K).
1980: Jade Valerie/Jade Villalon (American singer/songwriter; Sweetbox).
1975: Robert Burås (Norwegian guitarist; Madrugada/My Midnight Creeps)*12.July.2007.
1972: Del tha Funkee Homosapien/Teren Delvon Jones (hip hop artist; Deltron 3030).
1970: Sharam Tayebi (Iranian DJ, music producer; one-half of Deep Dish).
1969: Tanita Tikaram (singer, songwriter).
1968: Paul Tucker (keyboards, piano, producer; Lighthouse Family/The Orange Lights).
1965: Bon Harris (UK percussionist; Nitzer Ebb).
1963: Sir Mix-A-Lot/Anthony Ray (US rapper).
1961: Roy Hay (guitar, vocals; Culture Club).
1960: Morty Black/Morten Skaget (Norwegian bassist, drums; TNT/solo/guest).
1958: Jurgen Dehmel (bass, Nena).
1954: Pat Metheny (jazz rock guitarist; Pat Metheny Group/solo/session/guest).
1956: Danny Shirley (US country music singer)
1953: Jerry Speiser (drummer, vocals; Men At Work).
1950: August Darnell/Thomas August Darnell Browder(singer; Kid Creole & the Coconuts).
1950: Ronald David Mael (keyboards; Bijou/Sparks/freelance).
1949: Mark Knopfler (UK guitar, vocals; Dire Straits/solo/guest).
1941: Craig Douglas (UK pop singer).
1940: Tony Allen (Nigerian drummer instrumental in creation of the Afrobeat).
1929: Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr (American singer and guitarist; the Buckaroos)*25.March.2006
1929: Peter Greenwell (composer, pianist; Noel Coward/Own Band)*4.June.2006.
1927: Porter Wagoner (UK country music singer)*28.Oct.2007.
1914: Ruth Lowe (Canadian songwriter, pianist)*04.Jan.1981.
1912: Billy Douglas (American trumpeter, vocalist)*1978
1910: Joseph Spence (Bahamian fisherman-turned-guitarist)*18.March.1984
1890: Al Goodman (Russian composer, musical director, conductor, pianist)*10.Jan.1972.

August 13th
1959: Michael Bradley (bass; Undertones).
1959: Mark Nevin (singer, songwriter; Fairground Attraction)?
1958: Feargal Sharkey (singer; Undertones).
1951: Dan Fogelberg (US singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist)*16.Dec.2007.
1950: Pluto Shervington (reggae musician, vocalist, engineer and producer).
1949: Cliff Fish (bass; Paper Lace).
1949: Jonathan Arendt (bass; Paper Lace).
1940: John Stokes (Irish singer, harmonica; The Bachelors).
1938: Michael Joseph Smith (Chicago sax player).
1930: Don Ho/Donald Ho Tai Loy (Hawaiin pop singer, keyboard)*14.April.2007.
1929: Augustyn Bloch (composer, member of the Polish Composers Union)*06.April.2006.
1927: Joe Puma (American jazz guitarist; session/bandleader)*31.May.2000.
1925: Benny Bailey (American bop trumpeter)*15.April.2005.
1920: Elizabeth Drina Fretwell O.B.E (Australian prima donna operatic singer)*5.June.2006
1904: Charles "Buddy" Rogers (American actor and jazz musician)*21.April.1999.

August 14th
1974: Ana Matronic/Ana Lynch (vocals; Scissor Sisters).
1971: Walter Blanding (US tenor saxophonist).
1970: Kevin Cadogan (lead guitarist; Third Eye Blind).
1968: Jez Willis (member of British electronic band, Utah Saints).
1965: Mark Collins (guitar; Charlatans UK/Starsailor)?
1960: Sarah Brightman (English soprano singer, actress).
1956: Jerry Underwood (UK sax; Pentangle/John Martyn/Spirit Level/Bullet)*03.Aug.2002
1956: Sharon Bryant (lead singer; Atlantic Starr/solo).
1951: Bob "Slim" Dunlap (singer, songwriter, lead guitarist; the Replacements/solo).
1947: George Ewart Newsome (drums; Climax Blues Band).
1947: Maddy Prior (singer; Steeleye Span/Silly Sisters).
1946: Larry Graham (US baritone singer, bassist; Sly and The Family Stone).
1942: Frank "Son" Seals (Blues guitarist/singer)*20.Dec.2004.
1942: Lionel Morton (vocalist, rhythm guitarist, television presenter; Four Pennies).
1941: David Crosby (singer, guitarist; Crosby, Stills & Nash/solo/guest).
1941: Don Bennett (American jazz pianist).
1940: Dash Crofts (drums, mandolin, keyboards, guitar; Seals & Crofts).
1930: Eddie Costa (American jazz pianist, vibraphonist)*28.July.1962
1926: Buddy Greco (American pianist, vocalist; Benny Goodman/solo/freelance).
1926: Johnny Rogers (British jazz clarinetist, saxophonist).

August 15th
1972: Mikey Graham (vocals; Boyzone).
1962: Marcia Schofield (keyboards; Fall)?
1961: Matt Johnson (singer, songwriter; The The).
1958: Neil Arthur (vocalist, Blancmange).
1950: Tommy Aldridge (drummer; Ozzie/Whitesnake/session).
1946: Jimmy Webb (singer, keyboards, US popular music composer; Strawberry Children).
1945: Eddie Phillips (British lead guitarist; The Creation).
1942: Pete York (drums; Spencer Davis Group).
1938: Shirley "Shan" Palmer (singer; Kaye sisters).
1938: Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (drums; Crusaders/sessionist/guest).
1934: Bobby Byrd (US soul/funk singer)*12.Sept.2007
1934: Georgy Garanyan (Russian alto saxophone player).
1933: Floyd Ashman (vocals; Tams).
1925: Bill Pinkney (bass singer; Drifters/Original Drifters)*04.July.2007
1925: Oscar Peterson (legendary Canadian jazz pianist)*23.Dec.2007.
1909: Hugo Winterhalter (violin, reed instruments, arranger, composer)*17.Sept.1973

August 16th
1980: Venessa Carlton (singer, songwriter, piano).
1980: Robert Hardy (bass; Franz Ferdinand).
1972: Emily Erwin (singer, songwriter; Dixie Chicks).
1967: MC Remedee/Debbie Pryce (hip hop, rap artist; Cookie Crew)?
1964: Matt Lukin (bass; The Melvins/Mudhoney)?
1960: Chris Pedersen (drums; Camper Van Beethoven).
1958: Madonna/Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (singer, actress).
1958: Angela Bassett (played Tina Turner in the film What's Love Got to Do with It?).
1957: Tim Farriss (lead guitar; INXS).
1953: James "J.T." Taylor (lead singer; Kool & The Gang).
1949: William "Sputnik" Spooner (guitar, singer, songwriter; The Tubes/Folks-Up).
1949: Scott Asheton (drums; Iggy Pop's Stooges/Scots Pirates).
1948: Barry Hay (vocals, guitar, flute, saxophone; Golden Earring).
1945: Gordon "Snowy" Fleet (drummer; Easybeats)?
1945: Kevin Ayers (singer, songwriter; The Wilde Flowers/Soft Machine).
1945: Gary Loizzo (singer; American Breed).
1942: Robert 'Squirrel' Lester (second tenor; Chi-Lites).
1931: Eydie Gormé (latin pop artist, bolero performer).
1929: Bill Evans (US jazz pianist, bandleader)*15.Sept.1980
1928: Carl Perkins (US jazz pianist; Max Roach-Clifford Brown/CurtisCounce)*17.March.1958
1922: Ernie Freeman (successful US session pianist)*16.May.1981.
1915: Al Hibbler (US Jazz, pop, r&b singer; Duke Ellington's band/solo)*24.April.2001.
1915: Melvin 'Lil Son' Jackson (US electric blues artist)*30.May.1976.
1915: Murray McEachern (US jazz and swing trombonist)*28.April.1982

August 17th
1980: Rana Hasan Manzoor (Pakistani shred guitarist; sessionist/solo/Rana Hasan Proctect).
1977: Claire Richards (vocals; Steps).
1970: Steve Cole (US award winning tenor saxophonist).
1969: Posdnuous/Kelvin Mercer (hip-hop, rapper; De La Soul).
1969: Donnie Wahlberg (vocals, producer; New Kids On The Block).
1966: Jill Cunniff (bassist, vocalist; Luscious Jackson).
1965: Steve Gorman (drummer; Black Crowes).
1964: Colin James (Canadian composer, rock-swing-blues guitarist).
1964: Maria McKee (singer, guitar; Lone Justice).
1960: Lisa Coleman (piano, keyboards; Prince's band The Revolution).
1958: Belinda Carlisle aka Belinda Kurczeski (singer; The Go-Go's/solo).
1955: Colin Moulding (bass, vocals, songwriter; XTC).
1954: Eric Johnson (US guitar virtuoso).
1953: Kevin Rowland (singer, songwriter; Dexy's Midnight Runners).
1949: Sib Hashian (drums; Boston)?
1947: Gary Talley (guitar; Box Tops).
1944: John "The Chief" Seiter (drums, vocals; Spanky And Our Gang).
1943: Dave "Snaker" Ray (US blues singer, guitarist; John Koerner/Tony Glover)*28.Nov.2002.
1942: Muslim Magomayev (Azerbaijani operatic and pop singer)*25.Oct.2008
1939: Luther Allison (American blues guitarist)*12.Aug.1997.
1931: Derek Smith (UK jazz pianist; freelance/Doc Severinsen's Tonight Show Orchestra).
1927: Sam Butera (US saxophonist, bandleader)*03.June.2009.
1926: George Melly (British jazz pianist, blues singer, Film and TV critic)*05.July.2007.
1922: Jack Sperling (big band drummer).
1921: Betty Cody (US country music singer).
1921: Wayne Raney (US country music singer, harmonica player)*23.Jan.1993.
1920: George Duvivier (jazz double-bass player; major sessionist)*11.July.1985.
1918: Ike Quebec (American tenor saxophone player)*16.Jan.1963.
1909: Larry Clinton (US big band composer, bandleader, trumpeter)*02.May.1985.
1903: Abram Chasins (classical music composer, pianist)*1987.

August 18th
1971: Richard D. James/Aphex Twine/Powerpill (electronic music artist).
1969: Masta Killa/Elgin Turner (US rap artist; Wu-Tang Clan).
1969: Everlast/Erik Schrody (guiatar,songwriter;Rhyme Syndicate/House Of Pain/freelance).
1967: Dan Peters (drummers; Mudhoney/Nirvana/Screaming Trees/Love Battery).
1967: Tracy Tracy/Tracy Cattell (vocals; Primitives).
1957: Ron Stryker (guitar, vocals; Men At Work).
1952: Patrick Swayze (Actor, dancr, singer, song writer).
1951: John Rees (bassist; Men At Work)?
1950: Dennis Elliot (drums; Foreigner).
1949: Nigel Griggs (UK bassist; Split Enz).
1945: Vince Melouney (guitarist; Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs/BeeGee's Band/Fanny Adams).
1945: Barbara Harris (R&B singer; The Toys).
1943: Carl Wayne [vocals, bassist; The Move)*31.Aug.2004.
1939: Johnny Preston/John Preston Courville (US singer).
1939: Molly Bee/Mollie Gene Beachboard (US country music vocalist)*07.Feb.2009.
1906: Curtis Jones (American blues pianist)*11.Sept.1971.
1905: Enoch Light (classical violinist, bandleader, recording engineer)*31.July.1978.

August 19th
1989: Lil' Romeo/Percy Romeo Miller (rapper, actor).
1980: Darius/Darius Danesh (Scottish/Persian singer).
1978: Natasha Borzilova (Russian country vocalist; Bering Strait).
1970: Me One/MC Eric/Eric Martin (Welsh rapper;Technotronic).
1970: Fat Joe/Joseph Antonio Cartagena (US rapper; Terror Squad).
1966: Lee Ann Womack (country music singer).
1963: Joey Tempest/Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson (singer, songwriter; Europe).
1959: Steve Grimmett (UK heavy metal vocalist; Onslaught/Grim Reaper)
1957: Gary Chapman (US singer, songwriter, TV presenter).
1951: John Deacon (UK bassist, songwriter; Queen).
1951: Stuart Laughton (Canadian trumpeter; Canadian Brass).
1948: Susan Jacks/Susan Pesklevits (Canadian singer/songwriter; Poppy Family/solo).
1947: John Cuffley (drummer; Climax Blues Band).
1945: Ian Gillan (lead singer, harmonica; Deep Purple).
1945: Brian Godding (UK guitarist; Blossom Toes/B.B.Blunder/sessionist/guest).
1943: Billy J Kramer (UK singer; The Dakotas).
1940: Johnny Nash (US singer).
1940: Roger Cook (vocals, songwriter; Blue Mink).
1940: Don Fardon/Donald Maughn (UK vocalist; The Sorrows).
1939: Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (UK drummer; Cream/Blind Faith/solo/guest).
1923: Dill Jones (British jazz pianist; Harry Parry Quartet/solo/freelance)*22.Jan.1984

August 20th
1980: Langhorne Slim (US folk singer, guitarist; War Eagles).
1979: Jamie Cullum (UK Jazz pianist, singer, songwriter).
1974: Big Moe/Kenneth Moore (American rapper)*14.Oct.2007
1971: Fred Durst (lead singer; Limp Bizkit).
1967: Richard Zatorski (Australian keyboardist; Real Life).
1966: Dimebag Darrell/Darrell Abbott (US guitarist; Pantera/Damageplan)*08.Dec.2004
1955: Gary Lalonde (Canadian bassist; Honeymoon Suite).
1952: Doug Fieger (Vocals, guitar rhythm; The Knack).
1952: John Hiatt (Slide Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Guitar; Solo/guest).
1952: John Clayton Jr (American jazz & classical double bassist).
1949: Phil Lynott (Irish singer-songwriter, bassist; Thin Lizzy/Grand Slam/Solo)*04.Jan.1986
1948: Robert Plant (UK lead singer, harmonica, sogwriter; Led Zeppelin/solo/guest).
1947: James Pankow (trombone, songwriter; Chicago).
1946: Ralf Hutter (lead singer; Kraftwerk).
1944: "Uncle John" Turner (US legendary drummer; Johnny Winter Band)*26.Aug.2007.
1944: Terry Clarke (Canadian session drummer).
1944: Jon Povey (UK bassist; Pretty Things).
1942: Isaac Hayes (US soul/funk singer, songwriter, musician, producer, aactor)*10.Aug.2008.
1941: Dave Brock (vocals, keyboards, harmonica, guitar; Hawkwind).
1940: John David Lantree (bass; Honeycombs).
1937: El Fary/José Luis Cantero Rada (Spanish singer, actor)*19.June.2007.
1934: Pete "Sneaky" Kleinow (Pedal steel guitarist; Flying Burrito Brothers)*06.Jan.2007.
1931: Paul Robi (US lead singer; The Platters)*01.Feb.1989
1926: Frank Rosolino (American jazz trombonist)*26.Nov.1978.
1923: Jim Reeves (US country singer)*31.July.1964
1911: Billy Amstell (British clarinetist, alto and tenor saxophonist)*19.Dec.2005
1905: Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden (US jazz trombonist, vocalist)*15.Jan.1964.

August 21st
1996: Jamia Simone Nash (American singer and actress).
1989: Hayden Panettiere (American actress, model and singer).
1984: Melissa Schuman (US vocalist; Dream).
1979: Kelis Rogers (US singer, songwriter).
1971: Liam Paris Howlett (UK composer, keyboards; Prodigy).
1968: Dina Carroll (UK soul singer)
1961: David Morales (US DJ, producer).
1957: Budgie/Peter Clarke (drummer; Siouxsie and the Banshees/Creatures).
1957: Kim Sledge (US vocalist; Sister Sledge).
1954: Nick Kane (US guitarist, 12 string guitar; The Mavericks).
1954: Steve Smith (US drummer; Focus/Steps Ahead/The Storm/Journey/guest/session).
1952: Glenn Hughes (UK bassist, vocals; Deep Purple/Black Sabbath/solo/guest).
1952: Joe Strummer/John Mellor (UK singer, guitar, lyricist; Clash/The Mescaleros)*22.Dec.2002.
1949: Malachi Thompson (American jazz trumpeter)*16.July.2006
1948: Robert Hazard/Robert Rimato (American musician and songwriter)*05.Aug.2008
1947: Carl Giammarese (singer, guitar; The Buckinghams).
1946: Claire Frances Stroface (US singer, songwriter, producer)*25.July.2008.
1945: Basil Poledouris (Greek-American film score composer)*08.Nov.2006.
1944: Jackie DeShannon (singer, guitarist).
1941: Tom Coster (keyboards; Santana/guest/solo).
1938: Kenny Rogers (country singer, photographer, producer, songwriter, actor).
1915: Raquel Rastenni (Popular Danish singer)*20.Aug.1998.
1907: Hy Zaret/Hyman Harry Zaritsky (US lyricist and composer)*02.July.2007.
1904: Count Basie (American jazz pianist, organist, and bandleader)*26.April.1984

August 22nd
1978: Jeff Stinco (lead guitar; Simple Plan).
1973: Beenie Man/Moses Davis (Jamaican DJ, reggae artist).
1973: Howie Dorough (guitarist, vocals; Backstreet Boys).
1972: Paul Douchette (drummer; Matchbox 20).
1969: Steve Cradock (guitar; Ocean Colour Scene).
1967: Layne Staley (lead guitarist, singer; Mad Season/Alice In Chains)*05.April.2002.
1966: GZA/The Genius/Gary Grice (US rapper, music producer; Wu-Tang Clan).
1963: James DeBarge (singer; DeBarge).
1963: Tori Amos (singer, songwriter, pianist).
1961: Roland Orzabal (singer, songwriter, guitarist,Tears For Fears).
1961: Debbi Peterson (drums, The Bangles).
1958: Ian Mitchell (UK guitarist; Bay City Rollers/solo).
1958: Vernon Reid (lead guitar; Living Colour/Black Rock Coalition).
1957: Duane Jarvis (American guitarist, singer-songwriter; solo/sessionist)*01.April 2009.
1957: Holly Dunn (country music artist).
1956: Chris Biondo (US bassist, producer; Chuck Brown, Eva Cassidy, Sadat X).
1948: David Lee Marks (US songwriter, rhythm guitar; Beach Boys/Dave & the Marksmen).
1948: Sam Neely (Country and western artist; singer-songwriter)*19.July.2006.
1947: Donna Godchaux (singer; Grateful Dead/session/guest).
1946: Gary "Mutha" Withem (woodwinds, keyboards; Union Gap).
1945: Ron Dante (singer, songwriter, record producer; Archies).
1939: Fred Milano (second tenor vocals; The Belmonts]
1937: Malachi Favors (US avant-garde jazz sessionist, double bass player)*30.Jan.2004.
1936: Dale Hawkins (rockabilly singer, guitarist).
1926: Bob Flanagan (US tenor singer, The Four Freshmen).
1917: John Lee Hooker (blues guitarist/singer/songwriter)*21.June.2001.

August 23rd
1979: Richard Neville (vocals, Five).
1978: Julian Casablancas (vocals, songwriter; Strokes).
1977: Shelly Fairchild (American country singer).
1969: Ira Dean (US bassist; Trick Pony)?
1967: Cedella Marley (vocals; Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers).
1962: Shaun Ryder (vocals; Happy Mondays/Black Grape).
1961: Dean DeLeo (guitar, Stone Temple Pilots).
1959: Edwyn Collins (singer, songwriter, producer; Orange Juice).
1959: Bruno Chevillon (French jazz musician, double bass).
1953: Bobby G/Robert Alan Gubby (vocals; Bucks Fizz).
1951: Jimi Jamison (vocals; Cobra/Survivor/solo).
1949: Woody Paul (US country singer-musician; Riders in the Sky)?
1949: Rick Springfield/Richard Springthorpe (singer, songwriter, guitar; Rock House/solo).
1946: Keith Moon (UK drummer; The Who)*07.Sept.1978.
1941: Pete Shannon (bassist; Nashville Teens).
1938: Roger Greenaway (songwriter, singer; The Kestrels/Blue Mink).
1938: Mike Burt (drummer; Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers/Chas & Dave).
1935: Ruby Lewis (lead vocals, programming, tenor; The Drifters)*20.May.1964.
1934: Raul de Souza (Brazillian trombone player; sessionist).
1913: Bob Crosby (US dixieland bandleader, vocalist; Crosby & the Bob-Cats)*09.March.1993.

August 24th
1970: Kristyn Osborn (US country singer; SheDaisy).
1968: Andreas Kisser (Brazilian guitarist; Sepultura).
1963: John Bush [vocals; Anthrax/Armored Saint).
1961: Colin Angus (member of electronic band Shamen).
1961: Mark 'Bedders' Bedford (bass; Madness).
1957: Jeffrey Daniel (dancer, vocals; Shalamar).
1951: Mike Derosier (drummer; Heart).
1948: Jean-Michel Jarre (French singer, Keyboards, Synthesizer; Solo).
1945: Ken Hensley (vocals, keyboards, piano, guitar; Uriah Heep/guest).
1945: Malcolm Duncan (tenor saxophone, Average White Band).
1944: Jim Capaldi (drummer, singer, songwriter; Traffic/guest/solo)*28.Jan.2005.
1943: John Cipollina (lead guitar, Quicksilver Messenger Service)*29.May.1989.
1943: Bob Sedergreen (Palestinian jazz pianist; freelance/solo).
1942: Marshall Donald Thompson (vocals; Chi-Lites).
1941: Ernest Wright Jr (vocals; Little Anthony & the Imperials).
1938: David Frieberg (bassist; Jefferson Airplane & Starship/Quicksilver Messenger Service).
1938: Mason Williams (American guitarist, composer).
1934: Jesus Caunedo (Cuban jazz clarinetist).
1927: Keno Duke (Carribean jazz drummer).
1912: Fritz "Freddy" Brocksieper (German jazz drummer, percussionist)*16.Jan.1990.
1905: Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup ( delta blues guitarist, singer, songwriter)*28.March.1976
1905: Alphonse Trent (American jazz pianist; Alphonse Trent's Orchestra)*14.Oct.1959

August 25th
1988: Raymond Arthur Quinn (UK singer, actor; 2006 X Factor finalist).
1971: Brice Long (US country music singer)?
1970: Jo Dee Messina (US country singer).
1969: Luke Scott (guitar; Babybird).
1968: Spider One/Michael David Cummings (US vocalist, Powerman 5000).
1968: Stuart Murdoch (Scottish lead singer; Belle & Sebastian).
1968: Rafet El Roman (Turkish pop singer, composer).
1967: Jeff Tweedy (US bassist, singer-songwriter; Wilco/Uncle Tupelo).
1966: DJ Terminator X /Norman Rogers (rapper; Public Enemy).
1966: Colleen Browne (Canadian vocalist; Pale Saints/Heart Throbs/Parachute Men).
1965: Mia Zapata (American vocalist with The Gits)*July 07.July.1994
1965: Erik Dahlgren (Swedish drummer; Wannadies).
1965: Nigel Durham (UK drummer; Saxon/Oliver-Dawson Saxon)?
1963: Candida Doyle (keyboards; Pulp).
1962: Vivian Campbell (guitarist; Def Leppard/Whitesnake/Sweet Savage/Duo).
1961: Billy Ray Cyrus (US country singer).
1960: Cath Caroll (UK vocalist; Miaow).
1959: Mike Freeman (US marimba and vibraphone player)?
1958: Damian McKee (UK guitarist, vocalist; Albatross/Rosetta Stone).
1956: Matt Aitken (producer; Stock, Aitken & Waterman production team).
1954: Martin Jourard (US keyboardist; vocals; The Motels).
1954: Elvis Costello/Declan Patrick MacManus (singer, songwriter; The Attractions).
1953: Willy DeVille/William Boray (frontman; Mink DeVille).
1952: Geoff Downes (UK keyboardist; Asia).
1951: Rob Halford (lead singer; Judas Priest).
1951: James Warren (vocals, bassist; Korgis).
1950: Charles Fambrough (US jazz bass player; sessionist/freelance).
1949: Gene Simmons (lead singer, frontman, bassist; Kiss).
1949: Fariborz Lachini (Canadian/Iranian film composer).
1947: Keith Tippett (UK jazz pianist, composer; Stan Tracey?freelance/sessionist).
1942: Walter Williams (US vocalist; O'Jays).
1940: José van Dam (Belgian baritone vocalist; operatic/classical).
1933: Wayne Shorter (saxophonist, Weather Report).
1918: Leonard Bernstein (composer, pianist, conductor)
1913: Bob Crosby (American bandleader, singer; Bobcats)*09.March.1993
1905: Louis "King" Garcia (Puerto Rican trumpeter; Dorsey Brothers)*04.Sept.1983

August 26th
1986: Cassie/Casandra Ventura (US R&B singer).
1986: Mario/Mario Dewar Barrett (US R&B artist).
1971: Thalía/Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda (Mexican singer, actress).
1969: Adrian Young (drummer; No Doubt).
1967: Jeff Tweedy (vocals, guitar; Loose Fur/Wilco/Golden Smog/Uncle Tupelo).
1966: Shirley Manson (singer; Garbage).
1966: Dan Vickrey (guitar; Counting Crows).
1965: Annie Holland (bassist; Elastica).
1960: Branford Marsalis (Jazz saxophonist; own band).
1957: John O'Neill (guitarist; Undertones/That Petrol Emotion ).
1957: Dr. Alban/Alban Nwapa (Swedish based, Nigerian singer).
1954: Michael Chetwood [Keyboards; T'Pau).
1952: Billy Rush (guitarist; Asbury Jukes)?
1954: Steve Wright [BBC radio DJ and TV presenter).
1949: Bob Cowsill (US singer; The Cowsills).
1946: Mark Snow/Martin Fulterman (prolific composer for film and television).
1946: Valerie Simpson (one half of Ashford and Simpson US songwriting/production team).
1944: Maureen "Moe" Tucker (US drummer; Velvet Underground).
1942: Vic Dana (US singer).
1941: Chris Curtis (UK drummer, vocals; Searchers/solo)*28.Feb.2005.
1940: Nik Turner (UK saxophones, flute, vocals, composer; Hawkwind).
1938: Jet Black/Brian Duffy (UK drummer; Stranglers).
1928: Peter Appleyard (Canadian jazz vibraphonist).

August 27th
1979: Jon Siebles (guitarist, vocals; Eve 6).
1975: Mase/Mason Durrell Betha (US male rapper).
1970: Tony Kanal (bassist; No Doubt).
1961: Jeffrey Steele/Jeffrey LeVasseur (Award-winning US country singer, guitarist).
1961: Yolanda Adams (US gospel singer).
1956: Glen Matlock (UK bassist; Sex Pistols).
1953: Alex Lifeson (US guitarist; Rush).
1951: Kevin Kavanaugh (keyboards; Asbury Jukes).
1949: Jeff Cook (lead guitar, vocals, keyboards, fiddle; Alabama).
1947: David Leon 'Billy' Knight (US percussionist: The Pips/resident player in Vegas).
1945: Malcolm Allured (UK drums; Showaddywaddy).
1944: Tim Bogert (UK bassist; Vanilla Fudge/Cactus/Beck, Bogert & Appice).
1943: Randy Bachman (Canadian guitarist, vocalist; The Guess Who).
1942: Daryl Dragon (keyboardist; Captain & Tennille).
1940: Warren "Sonny" Sharrock (US jazz free playing guitarist)*25.May.1994.
1937: Alice Coltrane (US Harp, Piano, Organ; jazz musician)*12.Jan.2007.
1937: Tommy Sands (actor, pop singer).
1937: Phil Shulman (vocals,saxophone,trumpet,clarinet,recorder, percussion; Gentle Giants).
1923: Idrees Sulieman (US jazz trumpeter)*23.July.2002
1904: Lester "Prez" Young [saxophone, clarinet, drums; Jazz musician)*15.March.1959.

August 28th
1985: Cove Reber (US lead vocalist; Saosin).
1982: LeAnn Rimes (US country singer).
1978: James Maxwell Collins (lead singer, bassist; Eve 6).
1965: Shania Twain (Canadian singer).
1961: Kim Appleby (singer songwriter; Mel and Kim).
1959: Sadenia "Eddi" Reader (singer; Fairground Attraction/solo).
1951: Wayne Osmond (eldest singer of The Osmonds).
1950: Martin Lamble (UK drummer, violinist; Fairport Convention)*14.May.1969
1949: Hugh Cornwell (guitar, vocals; Stranglers).
1948: Danny Seraphine (drummer; Chicago).
1946: Ken Andrews/Kenneth Andrew Ballentyne (drummer; Failure/Middle Of The Road).
1943: David Soul (US actor, singer).
1943: Honey Lantree/Ann Margot Lantree (UK drums; Honeycombs).
1942: Sterling Morrison (US guitarist and bassist, Velvet Underground)*30.Aug.1995.
1941: John Stanley Marshall (UK drummer; Nucleus).
1940: Walter Ward (US R&B singer, lead vocalist; The Olympics)*11.Dec.2006.
1937: Clem Cattini (UK drummer; The Blue Flames/The Tornados/UK's top sessionist).
1927: Rowland Greenberg (Norwegian trumpeter).

August 29th
1985: Pouyan Afkary (Iranian-American keyboardist; Scary Kids Scaring Kids).
1982: A+/Andre Levins (American rapper).
1980: David Desrosiers (bassist; Simple Plan).
1980: Nicholas Tse (Hong Kong singer and actor).
1975: Kyle Cook (lead guitar, banjo; Matchbox 20).
1971: Alex Griffin (bassist; Ned's Atomic Dustbin).
1970: Carl "Groove" Martin (vocals; R&B band Shai).
1969: Me'Shell NdegéOcello/Mary Johnson(singer,songwriter,bassist; solo/session).
1967: Chris Gorman (drums, Belly).
1963: Jerry Fehily (drummer, Hothouse Flowers).
1960: Tony Jeff MacAlpine (lead guitarist, keyboards; Planet X/solo).
1958: Michael Jackson (US singer, songwriter, arranger, dancer; Jackson 5/solo)*25.June.2009.
1958: Elizabeth Fraser (singer; Cocteau Twins).
1959: G.G.Allin (punk rock singer/bandleader; any degenerate name)*28.July.1993.
1953: Rick Downey (drums; Blue Oyster Cult).
1945: Chris Copping (organ, bass; Procol Harum).
1943: Dick Halligan (keyboards, flute; Blood Sweat & Tears).
1940: Johnny Paris/John Pocisk (US sax player, leader; Johnny & the Hurricanes)*01.May.2006.
1924: Dinah Washington (US jazz singer)*14.Dec.1963.
1920: Charlie Parker (American saxophonist)*12.March.1955.
1905: Jack Teagarden (US bandleader, trombonist, dixieland vocalist)*15.Jan.1964.

August 30th
1976: Kassidy Osborn (singer singer; SheDaisy).
1974: Rich Cronan (singer; LFO).
1966: Peter Cunnah (lead singer, songwriter; D:Ream).
1964: Robert Clivilles (producer /DJ with C & C Music Factory)
1963: Paul Oakenfold (remixer, DJ).
1961: Keith McKenzie (member of the electronic band Shamen).
1958: Martin Jackson (drums, Magazine/The Chameleons).
1954: Ronald Beitle (drummer, Wild Cherry).
1953: Horace Panter (bassist; The Specials/General Public).
1952: Kenny Andrews (guitar, vocals; Darts).
1951: Dana Rosemary Scallon (Irish singer).
1950: Micky Moody (guitar; Juicy Lucy, Whitesnake).
1946: Jim Hager (US country singer, television actor; The Hager Twins)*01.May.2008.
1946: Jon Hager (US country singer, television actor; The Hager Twins)*09.Jan.2009.
1944: Charles Colbert (bassist; American Breed).
1941: John McNally (guitar, vocals; Searchers).
1939: John Peel/John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (British DJ)*25.Oct.2004
1935: John Phillips (vocals, guitar; Mamas and the Papas)*18.March.2001
1928: Peter Appleyard (UK/Canadian jazz vibraphone player; all the greats).
1928: Johnny Mann (arranger, composer, conductor, recording artist, band leader).

August 31st
1982: Patrick Nuo (Swiss singer).
1979: Del Marquis/Derek Gruen (lead guitar; Scissor Sisters).
1977: Craig Nicholls (singer, songwriter, guitarist; Vines).
1970: Debbie Gibson (US singer, pianist)
1969: Jeff Russo (guitar, background vocals; Tonic).
1967: Gerard Love (bassist somgwriter; Teenage Fanclub).
1963: Larry Waddell (keyboardist; Mint Condition)?
1962: Joanna Connor (US power-blues guitarist; The Joanna Connor Band).
1962: John O.Reilly (Irish drummer; Rainbow/Blue Öyster Cult/sessionist).
1960: Chris Whitley (US blues/rock-blues guitarist)*20.Nov.2005.
1959: Tony DeFranco (vocals, production; DeFranco Family).
1957: Glenn Tilbrook (guitar, vocals; Squeeze).
1957: Gina Schock (drums; The Go-Go's).
1955: Anthony Thistlethwaite (Saxophone, Mandolin; Waterboys).
1948: Rudolf Schenker (German rhythm/2nd guitarist; Scorpions).
1946: Bob Welch (guitarist, singer; Fleetwood Mac/solo).
1945: Itzhak Perlman (Israeli-American virtuoso violinist).
1945: Van Morrison (Irish singer, songwriter; Them/solo).
1944: Roger Dean (UK contemporary artist; album covers).
1940: Wilton Felder (Tenor Sax, Bass; Crusaders).
1937: Gunter Hampel (German flautist, piano, clarinet, composer, vibraphone).
1939: Jerry Allison (US drummer; Crickets).
1928: Leroy "Hog" Cooper (US saxophonist; Ray Charles/Disney World/Smokin’ Torpedoes).
1886: Louis Wolfe Gilbert (Russian-born American Tin Pan Alley songwriter)*12.July.1970

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LOST THIS MONTH

August ??
1991: Vaughan Toulouse aka Vaughan Cotillard (31) frontman, Department S (He died of AIDS-related illness).

August 1st
1996: Frida Boccara (55) French singer; represented France at the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest (She died of a pulmonary infection).

August 2nd
1921: Enrico Caruso/The Great Caruso (48) opera singer, actor; the most famous tenors in the history of opera, also the most popular singer in any genre in the first twenty years of the twentieth century and one of the pioneers of recorded music. (absesses from pleurisy of the lungs).
1972: Brian Cole (29) US bass player, clarinet, vocals for the 1960s folk rock band The Association.
(heroin overdose) b. September 8th 1942.
1978: Carlos Chávez (79) Mexican composer, conductor, teacher, journalist, and the founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six Symphonies, his Symphony No. 2, which uses native Yaqui percussion instruments, is probably the most popular. He had his first piano lessons from his brother Manuel, and later on he was taught by Asunción Parra, Manuel Ponce and Pedro Luis Ozagón, for piano, and later Juan Fuentes for harmony. In 1916, Carlos and friends started a cultural journal, Gladios, and this led to him joining the staff of the Mexico City newspaper El Universal in 1924. In 1926 he became director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Mexicana, later renamed Orquesta Sinfónica de Mexico, Mexico's first permanent orchestra, started by a musicians' labor union and he was instrumental in taking the orchestra on tour through Mexico's rural areas. By 1945, he had come to be regarded as the foremost Mexican composer and conductor and from 1947 to 1952, he was director general of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. It was also in 1947, when he formed the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, which supplanted the older OSM as Mexico's premier orchestra and led to the disbanding of the older ensemble. (died quietly at his daughter's home in Coyoacán outside of Mexico City) b. June 13th 1899.
1983: James Jamerson (45) Greatest Bass Player ever, Funk Brothers/sessionist (heart attack)
1997: Fela Anikulapo Kuti/Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti (58) Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist and political maverick.(AIDS-related heart failure).
2001: Ron Townson (68) singer; Fifth Dimension (died of renal failure, after a four-year battle with kidney disease).

August 3rd
1987: David Martin (50) bass player with Sam The Sham & the Pharaohs; co-wrote the group's No. 1 hit ''Wooly Bully.'' The song earned a gold record (died of a heart attack)?
1999: Leroy Vinnegar (71) US jazz bassist; his trademark was the rhythmic "walking" bass line, a steady series of ascending or descending notes, and it brought him the nickname "The Walker". (cardic arrest).
1998: Alfred Schnittke (63) Russian composer; he wrote nine symphonies, six concerti grossi, many concertos, four string quartets, and the operas Life with an Idiot, Gesualdo, and Historia von D. Johann Fausten (heart related).
2000: Maurice Kinn (76) dance band promoter, manager, journalist; owner of The New Musical Express, now shortened to NME, instigating the first UK charts based on record sales. The paper's first issue was published on the 7 March 1952 after he bought the paper then known as Music and Accordion Weekly (cancer).
2002: Jerry Underwood (45) British saxophone player for Pentangle, John Martyn, Spirit Level, Bullet and others (brain tumour).
2003: Roger Voudouris (48) American singer, songwriter, guitarist; best known for his 1979 hit, "Get Used To It". (liver desease).
2005: Nick Perito (81) US composer and arranger (Perry Como, Andy Williams, Bing Crosby).
2006: Arthur Lee /Arthur Taylor Porter (61) the enigmatic and volatile frontman, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the legendary Los Angeles psychedelic band "Love" (Luekaemia).
2006: Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf DBE (90) German-born Austrian/British opera singer and recitalist. (natural causes).
2008: Erik Darling (74) American songwriter, folk musician; He was an important influence on the folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He formed The Tarriers, The Rooftop singers and played in The Weavers, having chart hits with all 3 bands, as well as his solo career (lymphoma) b. Sept 25th 1933.


August 4th
1973: Eddie Condon (67)US jazz banjoist, guitarist, bandleader; By the late 1930s and onwards he was a regular at the Manhattan jazz club Nick's. The sophisticated variation on Dixieland music which Condon and his colleagues created there came to be nicknamed "Nicksieland." By this time, his regular circle of musical associates included Wild Bill Davison, Bobby Hackett, Edmond Hall and Pee Wee Russell ()
1975: Fumio Nanri (64) Acclaimed Japanese jazz trumpeter nicknamed the "Satchmo of Japan" by Louis Armstrong, one of Japan's first jazz musicians to become known outside his native country. A long-standing Japanese jazz award "The Fumio Nanri" was named for him (?).
1996: James Hunter () Roadie for the UK band Oasis (crushed to death between a fork-lift truck and a lorry during the bands two days shows at Balloch Country Park, Scotland (?).
2005: Little Milton/Milton Campbell (70) US blues singer and guitarist (brian aneurysm).
2006: John Locke (62)songwriter, keyboard player in the band Spirit and also Nazareth ().
2007: Lee Hazlewood (78) American country and pop singer, songwriter and record producer, most widely known for his work with Duane Eddy and Nancy Sinatra. While living in Stockholm, Sweden he wrote and produced the one hour television show Cowboy in Sweden (renal cancer).
2008: Eri Kawai (43) Japanese singer; she both composed and sung not only classic but also pop and world music (liver cancer) b. May 8th 1965.

August 5th
1968: Luther Perkins (40) country music guitarist renowned for his work with Johnny Cash and their "boom-chicka" rhythmic style. (died in a fire he caused by smoking in bed).
1978: Pete Meaden () manager and publicist for Who (allegidly committed suicide with a barbiturate overdose just a month or so before Keith Moon's death)
1986: Michael Rudetsky (27) keyboard player; Culture Club/session (found dead of a drug overdose at Boy George's London Hampstead home).
1992: Jeff Porcaro (38) drummer and founder of the band Toto; one of the top studio drummers in pop music during the 1970s and 1980s. While still a teenager he began playing with Sonny and Cher, and during the next two decades he played behind acts ranging from Barbra Streisand to Steely Dan to Warren Zevon (heart attack caused by an allergic re-action to lawn pesticides).
1993: Randy Jo Hobbs (45) bass player with The McCoys also played with Edgar Winter Group and Montrose (drug overdose in a hotel room at Dayton Ohio).
1993: Bob Cooper (67) US West Coast jazz tenor saxophonist and oboe player; his last album was with Karrin Allyson's "Sweet Home Cookin" in 1993 (?)
2007: Florian Pittis (63) Romanian stage and television actor, folk music singer, and radio producer. His songs were usually his own compositions, but some were Romanian language versions of Bob Dylan's songs (prostate cancer).
2007: Paul Rutherford (67) British trombonist with the band Iskra 1912, one of the earliest free improvising groups to omit a drummer/percussionist. Famous for solo trombone improvisations, he also played with Globe Unity Orchestra, London Jazz Composer's Orchestra, the Mike Westbrook Orchestra, Soft Machine and more (cirrhosis of the liver and a ruptured aorta) b. February 29th 1940.
2008: Robert Hazard/Robert Rimato (59) American musician and songwriter probably best known for composing and recording the song "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", which Cyndi Lauper covered, he also composed the 1980s New Wave and MTV hits, "Escalator of Life" and "Change Reaction", which he performed with his band, Robert Hazard and the Heroes, (pancreatic cancer) b. August 21st 1948.
2008: Reg Lindsay OAM (79) Australian country and western singer, songwriter and guitarist; he won three Golden Guitar Awards and wrote more than five hundred songs in his fifty-year music career. (died on his birthday of pneumonia) b. August 5th 1929

August 6th
1931: Leon 'Bix' Beiderbecke (28) US jazz cornetist and composer; he developed a style independent of the influence of Louis Armstrong & became the leading player of the Chicago style of jazz in the 1920s, noted for his gentle, clear tone and introspective approach.(Though his death certificate described the cause of death as (lobar) pneumonia, and he was in seriously ill health, the circumstances immediately surrounding his death are still unclear. His alcoholism and early death contributed to his status as one of the early romantic legends of jazz). b. March 10th 1903.
1974: Eugene "Jug" Ammons (49) American jazz tenor saxophone player, and the son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammon. He began to gain recognition when he went on the road with trumpeter King Kolax band in 1943, at the age of 18. He became a member of the Billy Eckstine and Woody Herman bands in 1944 and 1949 respectively, and then in 1950 formed a duet with Sonny Stitt. His later career was interrupted by two prison sentences for narcotics possession, the first from 1958 to 1960, the second from 1962 to 1969. Gene and Von Freeman were the founders of the Chicago School of tenor saxophone.The "soul Jazz" movement of the mid-1950s, often using the combination of tenor saxophone and Hammond B3 electric organ, counts him as a founder. He used a thinner, drier tone and at will could exploit a vast range of textures on the instrument (pneumonia) b. April 14th 1925.
1983: Klaus Nomi/Klaus Sperber (38) German countertenor noted for remarkable vocal performances and an unusual, otherworldly, elfin stage persona. he is remembered for bizarrely theatrical live performances, heavy make-up, unusual costumes, and a highly stylized signature hairdo which flaunted a receding hairline. (one of the first celebrities to die of an illness complicated by AIDS). b. January 24th 1944.
2004: Rick James/James Ambrose Johnson, Jr (56) US funk singer, bassist, keyboards, songwriter; he was one of the most popular artists on the Motown label during the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the fortunes of Motown Records seemed to be flagging, he came along and helped rescued the company, providing funky hits that updated the label's style (heart attack) b. February 1st 1948.
2005: Ibrahim Ferrer (78) Cuban singer; he performed with many musical groups including the Afro-Cuban All Stars. A veteran Cuban soneros whose music career had languished for thirty years when he was invited to perform on the 1997 album Buena Vista Social Club and found himself rediscovered by a whole new generation of music lovers around the world (died of multiple organ failure). b.February 20th 1927.
2005: Carlo Little/Carl O'Neil Little (66) UK drummer; an influential rock and roll drummer, based on the London nightclub scene in the 1960s. He was the first drummer with The Rolling Stones and taught Keith Moon how to play. He was also with Cyril Davies All Stars and was the founding member of Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages. (lung cancer) b. December 17th 1938.

August 7th
1978: Eddie Calvert (56) UK trumpet player in the Stanley Black Orchestra/solo; the first British instrumentalist to achieve two No.1's. The magnificent 'Oh Mein Papa', which also sold well in the USA, topped the UK singles chart for no less than nine weeks, a British chart record, and was successful enough to provide him with the first ever 'gold disc' awarded for an UK instrumental track.(?) b.March 15th 1922
1984: Esther Phillips/Esther Mae Jones (50) US R&B, jazz, soul singer; A remarkably mature singer at age fourteen, she won the amateur talent contest in 1949 at the Barrelhouse Club owned by Johnny Otis, followed by many hits in the 50's. One of her greatest post-1950s vocal triumphs was in 1972 with the song "Home Is Where the Hatred Is" a haunting account of drug use. (liver failure) b. December 23rd 1935.
2001: Lawrence "Larry" Cecil Adler (87) US harmonica virtuoso; maybe the most renowned and most respected harmonica players of all time. After teaching himself the instrument, he began to play in front of audiences by the age of 14. He was one of the first harmonica players to perform major works written for the instrument, often written expressly for him: Vaughan Williams' Romance for Harmonica and Orchestra, Milhaud's Suite Anglais, and Malcolm Arnold's Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra were all composed for him. (pneumonia, died peacefully in St Thomas' Hospital, London) b. February 10th 1914

August 8th
1983: Wild Bill Moore (75) US R&B saxophone player with all the early greats including "We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll", remembered today as a candidates for “the first rock and roll record”. It was one of the first records played by Alan Freed on his "Moondog" radio shows in 1951. Other later hits include “The Hucklebuck”. Performed and recorded with Slim Gaillard, Jack McVea, Joe Turner, Dexter Gordon and others, including playing on Helen Humes’ hit “Be-Baba-Leba”. He was sort out by Marvin Gaye to play on "What's Going On", "Mercy Mercy Me" and other Motown hits (?) b. June 13th 1918.

August 9th
1974: Bill Chase (39) American trumpet player and leader of a jazz-rock fusion band that bore his name Chase (plane crash). b. October 20th 1934.
1995: Jerry Garcia (53) US lead guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Grateful Dead for their entire career. In 2003, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him 13th in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.(drugs-related heart attack). b. August 1st 1942
1999: Bob Herbert (56) UK manager to the Spice Girls, Bros and 5ive. (killed in a car crash in Windsor) b. February 7th 1942
2002: Paul Samson/Paul Sanson (49) English guitarist; he formed his own eponymous outfit, Samson, in 1978, which enjoyed a strong cult following in the best years of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal releasing the albums "Survivors", "Head On" and "Shock Tactics". In 1981 Thunderstick left, and Bruce Bruce, who changed his name back to, Bruce Dickinson, left to join Iron Maiden. Nicky Moore replaces Bruce and Mel Gaynor then Pete Jupp took over on drums, and this line-up released the albums "Before the Storm" and "Don't Get Mad Get Even", before he band spit in 1984. Paul spent the next 18 years in a variety of solo and group projects, including reformations of Samson, and had success as a producer, and as a blues player, spending a year in Chicago. Paul can also be heard on the recording of the Ram Jam 1977 rock hit Black Betty (died of cancer, whilst recording a new Samson album with Nicky Moore) b. June 4th 1953.
2003: Bill Perkins (79) US jazz saxophonist and flautist popular on the West Coast jazz scene; performed with Woody Herman, Jerry Wald, Stan Kenton, Art Pepper and Bud Shank to name just a few. He was also a member of The Tonight Show band from 1970–1992. He is probably most remembered, however, for playing tenor for The Lighthouse All-Stars (cancer) b. July 22nd 1924.
2007: Mario Rivera (68) Dominican Latin jazz saxophonist, performed with Machito, Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez orchestras and many others as well leading two groups of his own – The Salsa Refugees and The Mario Rivera Sextet. He doubled on all saxophones family (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone), but he lived as a multi-instrumentalist mastering instruments as C flute, G flute, piccolo, trumpet, piano, vibraphone, melodica, drums, tambora, timbales, bongó, and congas. (bone cancer) b. July 22nd 1939.
2007: Tony Wilson (57) British founder and manager of The Haçienda nightclub, and was one of the five co-founders of Factory records, also radio and TV presenter, impresario and journalist for Granada TV and the BBC. (heart attack) b. February 20th 1950.

August 10th
1993: Euronymous/Øystein Aarseth (25) Norwegian guitarist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. He was founder and owner of the extreme / black metal label Deathlike Silence Productions, as well as the Oslo specialist record shop Helvete (murdered by fellow musician Varg Vikernes. His body was found outside his apartment with twenty three cut wounds, two to the head, five to the neck, and sixteen to the back) b. March 22nd 1968.
2002: Michael Houser (40) American guitarist with the band Widespread Panic; considered to be the "silent genius" of Widespread Panic and wrote many of the band's most well known songs, such as Porch Song, Airplane, Ain't Life Grand, and Vacation. Among those who he played with were Carlos Santana, Bob Weir, Dave Matthews, Trey Anastasio, and JJ Cale. (pancreatic cancer) b. January 6th 1962.
2003: Carmita Jiménez (59) Puerto Rican singer who was considered a diva in Puerto Rico; started her singing career at the young age of six, on the radio show named El Abuelito Welch (cancer) b. 1944
2008: Isaac Hayes (65) American soul and funk singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, composer, and actor. He was a creative force behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. In the late 1960s, he became a recording artist, and recorded successful soul albums such as Hot Buttered Soul and Black Moses as the Stax label's premier artist.(suspected heart attack) b. Aug 20th 1942.

August 11th
1962: Israel Crosby (42) African-American jazz double-bassist; notable for his work done with Gene Ammons, Gene Krupa, Fletcher Henderson, Horace Henderson, Raymond Scott, George Shearing, Ahmad Jamal and Teddy Wilson (?).b. January 19th 1919.
1971: Lefty Baker/Eustace Britchforth (32) US lead guitar, banjo, vocals, for the folk- rock band, Spanky And Our Gang (Enlarged liver). b. January 7th 1939.
1985: Nick Ceroli (45) US international session drummer; spent 1965-69 playing in Herb Alpert's group, the Tijuana Brass. Recorded and played with Ray Anthony, Jack Teagarden, Gerald Wilson, Stan Kenton, Pete Jolly, Zoot Sims, Richie Kamuca, Warne Marsh , Ross Tompkins, Bill Berry, Dave Frishberg, Pete Christlieb, Bob Florence, Milt Jackson and others (?) b.December 22nd 1939
1995: Phil ' Wonga' Harris (91) singer, songwriter, jazz musician, comedian bandleader; longtime actor, but was also a successful drummer and singer. He played drums with Francis Craig and led his own groups during the 30s, using the song "Rose Room" as a theme. Harris was a regular on Jack Benny's radio show for a decade from 1936-1946 and had his own show with Alice Faye.(heart attack).b. June 24th 1904.
1996: Mel Taylor (62) Long time drummer in The Ventures, from 1962 till his death; having drummed for Boris Pickett and Herb Alpert, he joined the Ventures in 1962 to fill in for Howie Johnson. His distinct, harder-edged rock style so impressed the members of the band, that they asked him to become a permanent member of the group. (cancer). b. September 24th 1933.
2006: Mike Douglas/Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr. (81) Amerian singer, TV host. Hosted The Mike Douglas Show on US television from 1961 to 1981 (?) b.August 11th 1925.
2007: Irving Herbert "Herb" Pomeroy, III (77) American influential swing and bebop jazz trumpeter and educator. He played with legends such as Charlie Parker and Lionel Hampton as well as his own jazz bands for over half a century. (cancer) b. April 15th 1930.
2008: Don Helms (81) American steel guitarist; best known as the steel guitar player of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys group. He played for all three Hank Williams - Sr., Jr., & III, and played on many classic country hits, including Patsy Cline's “Walking After Midnight,” Stonewall Jackson’s “Waterloo,” the Louvin Brothers’ “Cash on the Barrelhead,” Lefty Frizzell’s “Long Black Veil” , Loretta Lynn’s “Blue Kentucky Girl.” and too many to mention (complications of heart surgery and diabetes) b. Feb 28th 1927.

August 12th
1985: Kyu Sakamoto (43) Japanese singer and actor ranked at number 18 in a list of Japan's top 100 influential musicians by HMV; holds the record for the first and only pop record performed entirely in Japanese to reach No.1, with his 1963's "Sukiyaki." (plane crash). b. December 10th 1941.
1997: Luther Allison (57) American blues guitarist, played with all the blues greats. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2000, the Chicago Sun-Times called him "The Bruce Springsteen of the blues" (he had a tumor on his lung that was about to metastasize to his spine. In and out of a coma, he died five days before his 58th birthday) b. August 17th 1939.
Christie Allen (53) Australian pop singer, famed for her disco style No.3 hit "Goosebumps" in 1979, and "He's My Number One" which reached number 4 in 1980. she was also the voice and star of the commercials for the soft drink Tarino (pancreatic cancer) b. Sept 12th 1954.

August 13th
1974: Harold "Tina" Floyd Brooks (42) US tenor saxophonist; best known for his work for Blue Note Records, for whom he recorded four sessions as leader between 1958 and 1961, and for whom he also recorded as a sideman with Kenny Burrell, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Freddie Redd, and Jimmy Smith.(liver failure) b. June 7th 1932.
1982: Joe Tex/Joseph Arrington Jr (49) US singer, he made the first Southern soul record that also hit on the charts "Hold What You've Got," in 1965. His style of speaking over music, which he called "rap", made him a predecessor of the modern style of music. (heart attack) b. August 8th 1933.
1996: David Eugene Tudor (70) US pianist and composer of experimental music;studied piano with Stefan Wolpe and became known as one of the leading performers of avant garde piano music. In his later years he took over as music director of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.(died in Tompkins Cove, New York)

August 14th
1958: Gladys Love Presley (46) Elvis Presley's mother ().
1964: Johnny Burnette (30) US singer; a Rockabilly pioneer, long with his older brother Dorsey Burnette and friend Paul Burlison, he was a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio.(his tiny unlit fishing boat was struck by an unaware cabin cruiser on Clear Lake, California. The impact threw him off the boat and he drowned).
1971: King Curtis (37) Sax player, sessionist, band leader; his band The Kingpins also backed Aretha Franklin; he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 6th 2000.(stabbed to death by Juan Montanez, a vagrant drug addict on the front steps of his New York home).
1972: Oscar Levant (65) American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, than for his music (heart attack).
1988: Robert Calvert (43) lead vocals, singer, poet; Hawkwind/ solo (heart attack).
1988: Roy Buchanan (48) US guitar virtuoso, has long been considered one of the finest, yet criminally one of the most overlooked guitarists of the blues rock genre (hanged himself in a jail cell, while the police were doing a routine check after he had been arrested for drunkeness).
1992: Tony Williams (64) US lead singer of The Platters (died in his sleep in New York).
2002: Dave Williams (30) lead singer; Drowning Pool (found dead on the tour bus during Ozzy Osbourn Ozzfest tour in Manassas, he had been suffering from an undiagnosed heart disease).
2004: Pete Strange (65) UK trombonist; sideman to Humphrey Lyttelton for over two decades, moonlighting with his own Great British Jazz Band all-star revue ().
2006: Johnny Duncan (67) Country music singer (heart attack at a Fort Worth Hospital).
2008: Lita Roza (82) UK singer; her 1953 No.1 hit record "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" made her the first British female singer to top the UK Singles Chart, and the first Liverpudlian to do so from 57 Liverpudlian No.1 hits. She was consecutively voted the 'Top British Female Singer' in the New Musical Express poll winners' charts from 1951 to 1955. Melody Maker readers also voted her their 'Top Girl Singer' in the dance band section of their polls in 1951 and 1952 (?) b. March 14th 1926.

August 15th
1971: Thomas Wayne Perkins (29) hillbillie singer, musician, cousin to Carl (car crash)?
1978: Irene Kral (46) US jazz singer with bands led by Woody Herman and Chubby Jackson, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton and Shelly Manne, made more famous posthumously when Clint Eastwood used her recordings in his 1995 movie, The Bridges of Madison County(breast cancer).
1992: Jackie Edwards (54) Jamaican singer-song writer (heart attack).
2007: John Wallowitch (81) American composer, songwriter and cabaret performer. He wrote over 2,000 songsand for over 50 years he played and sang a catalogue of original songs at nightspots around New York City. He is also known for his sophisticated takes on the songs of Irving Berlin.(bone cancer).

August 16th
1938: Robert Leroy Johnson (27) guitar virtuoso who supposedly sold his soul to Satan "at the crossroads" in exchange for his remarkable talent on the guitar; one of the most influential delta blues singer/guitarists influencing Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Elvis and many more (mysterious circumstances; poisoned after drinking whiskey laced with strychnine. They say he recovered from the initial poisoning only to contract pneumonia, but he died 3 days after the poisoning. Death certificate says "no doctor").
1977: Elvis Presley (42) What can I say.. The King of Rock 'n' Roll.. a total ICON; the single most important figure in American 20th century popular music. Besides pop and rock 'n roll, he brought the blues, black music and gospel to the world (found death lying on the floor in his bathroom. He had been seated on the toilet reading 'The Scientific Search For Jesus'.He died of heart failure).
1997: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (49) world-renowned Pakistani musician, was primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis, a mystical sect of Islam (sudden cardiac arrest due to kidney and liver failure).
2000: Alan Caddy (60) Guitarist, founder member of the Tornados. Tornadoes were also Billy Fury's backing band ().
2007: Max Roach (83) American bebop/hard bop percussionist, drummer, and composer. He worked with many of the greatest jazz musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins and Clifford Brown, and led his own groups, and made numerous musical statements relating to the civil rights movement of African-Americans. He is considered to be one of the most important drummers in history.
2008: Dorival Caymmi (94) Brazilian songwriter and singer; he had a distinctive style of his own and was the writer of many classic songs. The sambas, such as O Samba Da Minha Terra, have become standards of Música Popular Brasileira. He also wrote ballads celebrating the fearless fishermen of Bahia, including Promessa de Pescador and O Vento (multiple organ failure) b. April 30th 1914
2008: Ronnie Drew (73) Irish singer, he founded the Ronnie Drew Group with Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna and Ciaran Bourke which later became The Dubliners, and would become one of the best known Irish folk groups. He was a member of The Dubliners until 1995, when he pursued a solo career. He recorded with many artists, including the Dropkick Murphys, Christy Moore, The Pogues, Antonio Breschi, Eleanor Shanley and others (after long illness) b. Sept 16th 1934.
2008: Johnny "Dizzy" Moore (70) Jamaican trumpeter, a main founding member of pioneering Jamaican ska and reggae act The Skatalites (cancer) b. August 5th 1938.

August 17th
1973: Paul Williams (34) founding member and original lead singer and tenor/baritone of The Temptations. Along with David Ruffin, Otis Williams (no relation), Eddie Kendricks and Melvin Franklin, he was a member of The Temptations during their most successful years in the 1960s, from its founding in 1960 until 1971, when personal problems and failing health forced him to retire. (He owed $80,000 in taxes & his celebrity boutique business had failed and allegidly shot himself in a deserted parking lot, but with the very unusual evidence could have been foul play).
1982: Benjamin Ashburn (54) manager of the Commodores (heart attack).
1983: Michael "Mickey" Smith (27) Jamaica's best known dub poet, musician; In 1978, he represented Jamaica at the 11th World Festival of Youth and Students in Cuba. Worked on a session with John Peel in 1982. (murdered, stoned to death by political agitators)
1987: Gary Chester (62) Drummer with the Coasters, Monkies, Van Morrison, etc; became the top East Coast session drummer, and together with his West Coast counterpart, Hal Blaine, they played on a majority of the hits of the late fifties and early and mid-'60s. Estimated the number of sessions he played is over 15,000.(cancer).
1995: Wild Bill Davis/William Strethan Davis (76) US organist; Jazz artist; best known for his pioneering jazz electronic organ recordings and for his seminal four-year tenure with the Tympany Five, the legendary backing group for Louis Jordan.(heart attack).
2004: Bertrand Odom (72) bass guitar player in the James Brown Band for 40 years. (died of kidney failure).
2004: Dennis Miles/D-Roc the Executioner (45) US musician; played rhythm guitar for the heavy metal band Body Count and played guitar for his own band Pitch Blaack. He referred to his style as "ghetto metal". He performed wearing a goalie mask (lymphoma)

August 18th
1991: Rick Griffin (47) US artist; the leading designer of psychedelic posters he pushed the rock music art of the psychedelic era to new creative peaks (fatal motorcycle accident, ironically, his last published work, was a self-portrait depicting Griffin entering heaven's gates, pen and ink clutched firmly in hand).
1994: Charles Redland (82) Jazzman playing saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, vibes, accordion, lead many bands ().
1999: Johnny Byrne (60) guitarist, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes ()?
2003: Tony Jackson (63) bass player, singer, Searchers (cirrhosis of the liver).
2007: Jon Lucien (65) US smooth jazz singer-songwriter; probably best known for his cover of "Dindi" by the Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim. His smooth baritone drew comparisons with Nat King Cole and Lou Rawls.(respiratory failure and complications of kidney surgery).
2008: Pervis Jackson (70) American R&B bass singer for The Spinners; he was one of the group's original members in 1957 and sang with the group for 51 years, until his death (cancer) b. May 17th 1938.

August 19th
1979: Dorsey Burnette (46) Rockabilly singer, bass, guitar; the brother of Johnny Burnette and a member of the Johnny Burnette Trio/ solo (heart attack).
2001: Betty Everett (61) American soul / R&B singer; From the 1980s until her death, she was involved in the Rhythm & Blues Foundation and the churches of the Fountain of Life and New Covenant. (heart attack).
2007: Yolanda "LaLa" Brown (21) American R&B singer (shot)
2008: LeRoi Moore (46) American saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band, and a founding member of the band. He often arranged the music and had co-writing credits on many DMB songs, most notably "Stay" and "Too Much". His horn collection included a Buescher bass saxophone, Selmer Mark VI and Yamaha baritone saxophones, two Selmer Mark VI tenor saxophones, two Selmer Mark VI alto saxophones, a Yamaha soprano, and a Selmer Super-80 Series 3 soprano (sudden complications from an all-terrain vehicle accident he had in June) b. September 7th 1961.

August 20th
1980: Joe Dassin (41) American-French singer; he held dual citizenship (French and American). By the early 1970s, his songs were on the top of the charts in France. He was also a talented polyglot, recording songs in German, Russian, Spanish, Italian and Greek, as well as French and English. (died of a heart attack during a vacation to Tahiti) b. November 5th 1938.
1998: Raquel Rastenni (82) Danish singer; she became Denmark's leading female ballad singer. Among her successes were Vovsen i vinduet ("(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?") in 1953 and Heksedansen ("The Witch Dance") in 1960. Her best-selling song was Hele ugen alene ("All week alone") in 1953 which sold over 120,000 copies. She was the first artist in Denmark to earn a gold record. She continued to garner awards throughout her career (?) b. August 21st 1915
1999: Bobby Sheehan (31) US bassistwith rock band Blues Traveler (Accidental Drug Overdose).
2005: Krzysztof Raczkowski/Docent/Doc (34) Polish drummer; member of Death metal bands Vader and Dies Irae. He also appears as a guest or temporary musician in Sweet Noise, Hunter, Slashing Death, Unborn, Moon, Overdub Trio bands (he had drug problems, cause of death is unknown) b. Oct 29th 1970.
2006: Claude Blanchard (74) French-Canadian singer, comedian and actor (?) b. May 19th 1932.
2008: Phil Guy (68) American blues guitarist, brother of Buddy Guy. He played with the harmonica player Raful Neal for ten years in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area before relocating to Chicago in 1969. He played with Junior Wells in the 1970s, and recorded extensively under his own name in the 1980s and 1990s (pancreatic cancer) b. April 28th 1940

August 21st
2003: Wesley Willis (40) US singer, keyboards with Monster Voodoo Machine and the Wesley Willis Fiasco. At the time of his death, he had recorded over 1,000 songs but his total life savings were less than $300. Having sold out hundreds of venues across the country, the question still remains where all of Willis' money went (complications from chronic myelogenous leukemia). b. May 31st 1963.
2005: Robert Moog (71) inventor of the synthesiser/ built his first electronic instrument, a theremin when only 14 years old (brain tumor).
2005: Martin Dillon (47) American musician, operatic tenor of world renown, and professor of music at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey. He has performed several times at the Carnegie Hall in New York and performed over 40 roles in the United States, Europe and Asia. He also very successfully revived German-Jewish composer and pianist, Robert Kahn's lost music. His efforts were internationally recognised by the musical and academic community. He made two acclaimed recordings dedicated to Kahn's music, Jungbrunnen - Fountain of Youth and Der Liebe Macht - The Power of Love. Both recordings were world premiers. Martin died before the recording of the third CD which was near completion. He was given the title of Honorary Captain of Police by the New Jersey Police Department in 2001 for his service to the community (Martin died unexpectedly, due to cardiac arrest, about 12 hours after his concert at the Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival) b. June 17th 1957
2007: Rose Bampton (99) American opera singer; a mezzo-soprano, later a soprano, who made her debut as "Siebel" in Gounod's Faust in 1929. She sang primarily at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, but also at major opera houses worldwide.(?)
2008: Jerry Finn (39) American record producer who worked on albums by popular bands such as AFI, Bad Religion, Blink-182, Alkaline Trio, MxPx, Rancid, Green Day, Sum 41, The Offspring and Morrissey (cerebral hemorrhage) b. March 31st 1969.
2008: Buddy Harman (79) American session musician, the first regular drummer on the Grand Ole Opry. He played drums on 18,000 recordings for artists such as Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Brenda Lee, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Connie Francis, Chet Atkins, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Barbara Mandrell, Eddy Arnold, Perry Como, Merle Haggard, Reba McEntire, and many more (congestive heart failure) b. Dec 21st 1928.

August 22nd
2003: Magdalena Nile del Río/Imperio Argentina/Pettit Imperio (96) a professional singer and movie actress. Although Argentina, she became a citizen of Spain ().
2006: Bruce Gary (55) drummer; The Knack; He was also nominated for two Grammy Awards as a stage performer, producer and recording artist. (Non-Hodgkin lymphoma).
2008: Ralph Young (90) American singer and actor; one of the last great singers of the big band era and the first name star of “The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies.” also starred in the Broadway musical, “Whoop-Up” , but best known as the partner of Tony Sandler in the singing duo of Sandler and Young (died at his Palm Springs home after a brief illness) b. July 1st 1918.

August 23rd
1978: Louis Prima (66) US Jazz singer, trumpet, actor; he was also the voice of King Louie in the 1967 Disney animated feature The Jungle Book (following headaches and problems with his memory, he sought medical attention. He went into a coma following surgery to remove a brain tumor. He never recovered, and died three years later).
1983: Shawn Michelle Stevens () fifth wife of Jerry Lee Lewis (found dead at their Mississippi home of a methadone overdose).
1995: Dwayne Goettel (31) Canadian keyboardist of industrial music band Skinny Puppy. Ex-member of Psyche, Voice, Water. (heroin overdose) b. Feb 1st 1964.
1998: Gene Page (68) US producer, arranger; his sound can be heard in the arrangements with Righteous Brothers, The Supremes, The Four Tops, Buffalo Springfield, Barbra Streisand, Martha and the Vandellas, Barry White, Whitney Houston, George Benson, Roberta Flack, Elton John and many more. He was one of the most prolific arrangers/conductors of popular music during his time and worked on more than 200 gold and platinum records. (died after a long illness) b. Sept 13th 1939.
1990: David Rose (80) British-born American songwriter, composer, arranger, and orchestra leader. His most famous compositions were "The Stripper", "Holiday for Strings", and "Calypso Melody". He also wrote music for the television series Little House on the Prairie and Bonanza. In addition, he was musical director for the Red Skelton show during its 21-year-run on the CBS and NBC networks () b. June 15th 1910.
2001: Eric Allendale (65) West Indian trombonist, bandleader, teacher; he was a member of a couple of jazz groups, namely the Terry Lightfoot and Alex Welsh bands and Edmundo Ros before joining The Foundations. He taught music in Zambian schools and later helped found The St Andre Blues Band playing keyboards (?) b. March 4th 1936.
2004: Al Dvorin (81) US bar owner, announcer who popularised the phrase "Elvis has left the building". He met Presley through Colonel Tom Parker in 1955, and organized Presley's concert tours for the next 22 years.(a car crash, on his way home from an Elvis convention in California) b. Nov 18th 1922.
2005: Harold "Hal" Kalin (71) US singer, one half of Kalin Twins; the first set of twins to reach number one in the UK, followed years later by The Proclaimers. But despite further releases, the pairing could not crack the top ten again. Sometimes they performed with their younger sibling, Jack, and thus appeared as the Kalin Brothers. (a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident) b. Feb 16th 1934.
2006: Maynard Ferguson (78) Canadian jazz trumpeter & leader. He came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra, before forming his own band in 1957. He was noted for being able to play accurately in a remarkably high register. When he debuted with Stan Kenton's Orchestra in 1950, he could play higher than any other trumpeter up to that point in jazz history. (kidney and liver failure brought on by an abdominal infection) b. May 4th 1928.
2007: Martti Pokela (83) Finnish folk musician and composer; an expert with the kantele, Finland's national musical instrument. He and his wife, Marjatta Pokela, were widely credited with ushering in a revival in interest in Finnish folk music beginning in the 1950s.(?) b. Jan 23rd 1924.
2008: Steve Foley (49) American drummer with The Replacements and Bash & Pop, the band that Tommy Stinson formed after the dissolution of The Replacements (accidentally overdosing on prescription medication) b. ??

August 24th
1999: Warren Covington (78) US trombone player, bandleader; played early on with Isham Jones, then with Les Brown and Gene Ames in the early 1940s. Following this he became a staff musician for CBS radio. In 1946-47 he led The Commanders, then began playing with Tommy Dorsey in 1950. After Dorsey's death, he took the helm of his ensemble, touring with them from 1961 well into the 1970s (?) b. Aug 7th 1921
1999: Alexandre Lagoya (70) Greek-Italian classical guitarist; As well as a recording career, he taught at the Paris Conservatory, and in Canada, and developed a new method of hand positioning which helped people learn to play the guitar better. He also added the use of the little finger to plucking and claimed to have invented a method for maximizing the sound coming from the classical guitar () b. June 21st 1929
2007: Chris Resch (48) Alaskan vocalist for metal band Pandemonium (?). b. 1958.

August 25th
1979: Stan Kenton (67) US bandleader and pianist; led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial US jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator (stroke).
1979: Ray Eberle (59) US vocalist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and later became one of the members of the group The Modernaires (died in Douglasville, Georgia).
1994: Creadel 'Red' Jones (53) singer; The Hi-lites/ The Chi-Lites ().
1995: Doug Stegmeyer (43) Bass player; leader of Billy Joel’s band/sessionist (suicide, shot himself).
1999: Robert/Rob Fisher (39) member of a duo with his brother Climie Fisher (died due to complications following stomach surgery for cancer).
2000: Jack Nitzche (63) keyboards, piano, percussion; an Academy Award winning American motion picture composer. An important behind-the-scenes figure in popular music for 40 years, composer/ songwriter/ producer/ arranger/ studio musician (heart attack).
2001: Aaliyah/Aaliyah Haughton (22) US singer, dancer, actress and model, introduced to audiences by R&B singer R. Kelly, (small Cessna plane crashed a few minutes after take off in the Bahamas).
2007: Richard Cook (50) British jazz writer; co-author, of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, Richard Cook's Jazz Companion and It's About That Time: Miles Davis On and Off the Record. He contributor to the NME, the jazz critic for The Sunday Times, music writer for the New Statesman and much more (cancer).

August 26th
1958: Ralph Vaughan Williams (87) English composer; Genres: Choral, Orchestral, Concerto, Vocal, Chamber, Symphonic, Film, Band, Ballet, Opera, Keyboard ().
1976: Lotter Lehmann (88) German soprano opera & actress singer ().
1988: Carlos Manuel de Marques Paião (30) Popular Portugese singer, accordionist and song-writer; he penned some 500 songs. He was also a doctor, having graduated in Medicine in 1983, but his great passion was music.(killed in a car accident in Ponte Amieira, near the city of Rio Maior, while returning from a concert).
1995: Ronnie White (57) US producer, songwriter and singer with the Chimes, Miracles and Ron & Bill; along with Smokey Robinson, was one of the founding members of the Motown group the Miracles. He co-wrote with Robinson the classics "My Girl," "Don't Look Back," and "You Beat Me to the Punch." He also played a key role in the career of Stevie Wonder ().
2000: Douglas Allen Woody (43) bass player, Allman Brothers (a chambermaid found Woody, lying dead inside a room at the Marriott Courtyard Motel on the Grand Central Parkway,An autopsy performed was inconclusive).
2004: David Myers (80) US Cinematographer. US music video director; He worked of various music films including Woodstock, Elvis On Tour, The Last Waltz, The Grateful Dead Movie, Mad Dogs & Englishmen and Cracked Actor: A Film About David Bowie. (stroke). (not to be confused with Dave Myers American music video director).
2004: Laura Branigan (47) Singer. She played Janis Joplin in the US musical Love, Janis. (brain aneurysm).

August 27th
1967: Brian Epstein (32) Manager of the Beatles, businessman (Died of an accidental overdose of brandy and barbiturates).
1975: Bob Scholl (37) vocals; Mellow Kings (died in a boating accident in New York).
1987: Scott la Rock/Scott Sterling (25) hip hop star (shot dead in New York, victim in the Brooklyn, Bronx street war)
1990: Stevie Ray Vaughan (36) Blues, country, rock, guitarist, lead singer and guitarist for the band Double Trouble. By 1986 he was one of the most sort after blues guitarists.(He was killed with four others in a helicopter crash near East Troy).
1998: Sam Brown (72) Jamaican roots reggae singer, poet; the first rasta to ever stand for politics in 1961 (?)
2000: Richard "Snax" Jaeger (52) blues and jazz percussionist; Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, The Pointer Sisters/ Guest /sessionist (?).
2007: Doug Riley (62) Canadian keyboardist and informally referred to as "Doctor Music", he spent two decades with the internationally renowned black light theatre company, The Famous People Players as its musical director, as well as his participating on over 300 album projects in various genres. From 1993-2000 he was voted Jazz Organist of the Year, at the Jazz Report Awards (heart failure) b. April 24th 1945.

August 28th
2004: Clement Barone (82) Piccolo & flute virtuoso. He was a member of The Detroit Symphony Orchestra for 34 years and was a session musician for Motown and can be heard on many of Motown's greatest hits. (cancer).

August 29th
1972: Lale Andersen (67) German singer and cabaretist (heart attack).
1976: Jimmy Reed/Mathis James Reed (50) Blues artist, guitar, singer, harmonica (respiratory failure a week before his 51st birthday).
1987: Lee Marvin (63) actor, singer; sung "I Was Born Under a Wondering Star" in the musical "Painted Wagon" (heart attack).
1981: Guy Stevens (38) producer, Mott The Hoople (heart attack).
1998: Charlie Feathers (66) singer, guitarist Rockabilly pioneer (complications from a stroke-induced coma).
2006: Jumping Gene Simmons (69) Rockabilly singer/songwriter, he used to open for Elvis Presley (died after long illness).
2007: Kip Anderson (69) American R & B singer, songwriter and disc jockey; best known for his hit A Knife and a Fork, he was one of a legion of unheralded soul singers from the southern states. For many years hosted a daily gospel show on Anderson radio station WANS AM (?).

August 30th
1985: Joseph Rudolph 'Philly Joe' Jones (62) jazz drummer, Miles Davis Quintet /Dameronia/ sessionist (heart attack).
1988: Papa Dee Allen/Thomas Sylvester Allen (57) Percussion, Bongos; War (Died from a heart attack while performing on stage).
1995: Sterling Morrison (53) US musician, a founding member of the group Velvet Underground, usually playing electric guitar, occasionally bass guitar, and singing backing vocals. Upon Velvet Underground's induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, Reed, Cale & Tucker performed "Last Night I Said Goodbye to My Friend," which was dedicated to Sterling. (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma). b. Aug 28th 1942.

August 31st
2002: Lionel Hampton (94) American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. He was one of the first jazz vibraphone players and ranks among the great names in jazz history, having worked with a who's who of jazz musicians, from Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich to Charlie Parker to Quincy Jones. In 1992, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (congestive heart failure) b. April 20th 1908.
2004: Carl Wayne/Colin David Tooley (60) UK singer and actor, best remembered as the lead vocalist with rock group The Move. He later became a presenter on BBC Radio WM, and was a tireless fund raiser for leukaemia research, running several London marathons for charity.(cancer) b.Aug 18th 1943.
2004: Johnny Bragg (78) US vocals, songwriter with Johnny Bragg & The Prisonaires; he started his career with fellow prison inmates when falsely accused of rape. In the summer of 1953, under heavy guard, the singers traveled from their Nashville prison to Memphis to record the hit "Just Walkin' in the Rain," of which he was the co-writer, at the fledgling Sun Records. It was the song that put Sun Records on the map, and the story captured the attention of Elvis Presley, who that same summer, made his first demo recordings at Sun. In 1961 Elvis visited Johnny Bragg in prison. (Cancer) b. Jan 18th 1926

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